#B49EC0#B49EC0

#B49EC0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.054 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49EC0
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(279, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(279, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 14.40, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 20.44, 314.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0374 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.054 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5621, 37.9632, 55.0497)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49EC0 #AAC09E

analogous

#A39EC0 #B49EC0 #C09EBB

triadic

#B49EC0 #C0B49E #9EC0B4

tetradic

#B49EC0 #C0A39E #AAC09E #9EBBC0

square

#B49EC0 #C0A39E #AAC09E #9EBBC0

split-complementary

#B49EC0 #BBC09E #9EC0A3

monochromatic

#795A8A #9779A8 #B49EC0 #D1C3D8 #EDE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B49EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B49EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49EC0

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49EC0	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.054 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabad3',
    500: '#b49ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49ec0;
$custom-light: #cabad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 21.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7296,
    "c": 0.05411,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49EC0

secondary

#DBE2D8

accent

#A04666

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49EC0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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